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2 • The Red and Black • Wednesday, November 28, 1990
BRIEFLY
Georgia law students named to team
UNIVERSITY
Can-a-thon established by Student Government. The
Student Government Association is sponsoring a drive to collect
canned and non-perishable food items this week. Two boxes will be
located on the third floor in the Tate Student Center next to the
Christmas tree. The items will then be sent to the 11 Alive Can-a-
thon in Atlanta. Holly Thomas, a sophomore economy nuuor and SGA
senator, said the project is good for the community. “The holidays are
traditionally an exciting time of the year,’ she said. “But for the
homeless and the poor, it can be a rough time.” Thomas said although
the food will be distributed by Atlanta Can-a-thon officials, she thinks
the m aj on ty will go to the Athens community.
ay. At
Fraternities and Sororities: A Glorious Past, The Road Ahead” will be
held in the Masters auditorium at the Georgia Center for Continuing
Education Nov. 28, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Topics to be discussed
will include “Hazing and New Pledge Rules,” External Relations,”
“Evolving Mission for a Changing Society” and “Black Greeks on
White Campuses." Leslie Bates, director of the Department of
Minority Services and Programs said white students often hear
stories and stereotypes about black fraternities and sororities. “It’s a
good opportunity for them to learn about the Black Greek system,”
Bates said. The conference is sponsored by the Black Greek Council,
The Department of Minority Services and Programs, The Black
Faculty and Staff Organization and the Clarke County chapter ofThe
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The
conference is free and open to the public. For more informaton call
542-2134.
Leadership UGA taking applications, students interested in
participating in the 1991 Leadership UGA program can pick up
applications in room 210 of the Academic Building. The program,
which is funded in part by the Richard B. Russell Foundation, brings
student leaders from across the campus together to discuss issues and
enhance leadership skills, said Bill Bracewell, chairman of the
program’s steering committee. Bracewell said the program looks for
juniors and seniors “who have already distinguished themselves.”
The program is open to everyone and the deadline for applications is
Dec. 6.
■ STATE
VALDOSTA (AP): Man gives wife house for Christmas.
How do you hide a Christmas present that’s as big as a house? It isn’t
easy, but Tony Cobb found a way. When his wife and two children left
their rented home for work and school Monday morning, Cobb
secretly moved the family's belongings to a new house he had
purchased without their knowledge. “My wife loved this house when
she first saw it,” Baid Cobb, 31, a Procter & Gamble employee.
Monday afternoon, he unveiled his surprise. He picked up his
children at school and took them to their new home while his wife,
Dencie, was being driven there by his real estate agent. Mrs. Cobb’s
face dropped as her family came running to greet her.“Merry
Christmas, honey," Cobb said. ‘This is our house." “I had no idea at
all. I’m stunned, said Mrs. Cobb, a teacher at Lanier County
Elementary School .“I don’t think I could have kept it quiet another
day. ... Last Saturday, she (his wife) wanted to buy drapes for our
other house, and I just said no," Cobb said, then added with a laugh,
“She accused me of seeing another woman.”
NATION
WASHINGTON (AP): Recession official . Three out of four of
the nation’s top business economists believe the United States has
skidded into a recession, in part because of the rapid rise in oil prices
following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. “Recession is here," the
National Association of Business Economists said Tuesday in a report
on its canvass of 51 professional forecasters. The report reflects a
sharp jump in pessimism among the economists, who just three
months ago still felt the country could avoid an imminent downturn.
“We think that the recession began in the fourth quarter and that the
(Persian Gulf) oil-price shock played a major role in ending the
expansion," Richard D. Rippe, NABE president and chief economist
with Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., told a news conference. Despite the
gloomy news, Rippe, the president of the business economists, said
any recession “should be shallow by historical standards." The
median estimate of the forecasters is for economic growth to decline
1.0 percent in this quarter and 0.8 percent in the next.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP): Plane lands in wrong place.
down the California coast from San Jose to S
Passengers on a flight down t
San
UGA TODAY
Luis Obispo got an unexpected side trip when the pilots accidentally
landed at the Santa Maria airport. Federal aviation officials are still
trying to figure out why the commuter flight made the wrong turn.
The Wings West flight 5148, carrying nine passengers and a crew of
two, landed by mistake in clear weather Saturday at Santa Mana, 36
miles away from its intended destination. Wings West President John
Selvaggio said the company, a subsidiary of American Airlines, is
conducting its own investigation and won’t say what may have caused
the mixup. If the pilots are found to be at fault, fines or license
suspension may occur, according to Federal Aviation Association
regulations. Pilots have several ways to keep track of their position.
Officials said they use projected flight times in addition to
navigational equipment to track their progress.They are also
supposed to look out the window.
By RICHARD BAMBARGER
Campus Correspondent
Moot court competition — cont
rary to the theatrics portrayed on
such television shows as L A. Law
and The Judge — is serious busi
ness that helps prepare law stu
dents for their careers.
Five University law students
have proved they are indeed pre
pared. They have been named to
the 1991 Jessup International Law
Moot Court Team, which will de
fend the School of Law’s 1990
world championship title.
Amy Copelan, Edward Sullivan,
Daniel Leary, Gregory Gunter, and
Cynthia Counts, all second-year
Meetings
• The Young Democrats of
UGA/Clarke County will meet
today at 8 p.m. in Room 138 of
the Tate Student Center. The
public is invited.
• The Athens Chapter of Women
to the World will meet today at
noon at the Presbyterian Center,
1250 S. Lumpkin St. The only
“cost” is to bring a dish of your
favorite international recipe.
• The Georgia Recruitment
Team will meet today at 5 p.m. in
Room 141 of the Tate Center.
Auditions
• The Black Theatrical
Ensemble will hold auditions for
its winter quarter production,
“Extremities," today from 6-8
p.m. and Thursday from 4:30-6
p.m. in Room 1221 of Joe Brown
Hall. Participants are asked to
present a one-minute piece.
There are parts available for men
and women. For more
information, call the Minority
Services and Programs
Department at 542-5773.
nnouncements
A program for Russian
mguage summer study in the
)viet Union at the Leningrad
)lytechnic Institute is being
Tanged. The program lasts for
law students, will begin the re
gional Jessup competition in Feb
ruary against 11 southeastern
schools, according to Jere More-
head, the law school’s moot court
faculty adviser.
Doug Smith, a third-year law
student and member of the school’s
1990 Jessup team, will be the stu
dent coach for the 1991 team.
Last year, the Jessup team
brought the world title back to the
United States for the first time
since 1987 by defeating the Univer
sity of Toronto’s team in Wash
ington, D.C., Morehead said.
A team in a moot court com-
petion is judged on its oral presen
tation and on a written outline of
the team’s argument, Morehead
said.
“Moot court competitons em
phasize a student’s knowledge of
the issues of the law in question,"
he said.
The law school formed another
team for the ninth annual Hulsey -
Kimbrell Moot Court Competition
against the University of Florida
law school, which began Nov. 9. A
panel of five federal judges heard
the students argue a case about an
unethical lawyer. The University
team won the competition and now
leads the series 5-3-1.
Moot court competition isn’t the
law school’s only strong area. At
the National Criminal Trial Com
petition in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
the University’s team placed third
in a trial competition about a drug
possession and distribution case.
Ron Carlson, University law
professor and coach of the team-
,said Smith and Charles Gema-
zian, a third-year law student,
argued for the prosecution on the
drug case, based on an actual case
handled by Atlanta attorney
James Jenkins. Karen Reed and
Paul McCord, both in their third
years, handled the defense for the
case.
A team from the University of
Tennessee placed first, and a team
from the University of Alabama
finished second, Carlson said.
Bikeway project still in organizational stage
By MIKE TERRAZAS
Campus Correspondent
Inspired by a recent surge of in
terest in bicycle safety, the Athens
Steering Committee for Safe Cy
cling has hit the ground pedaling
since its inception Nov. 18.
After one organizational
meeting, the Steering Committee
has developed eight projects for the
45 cyclists who attended. A mailer
was prepared and sent yesterday,
and another meeting is planned for
Jan. 20.
"Everything is definitely in an
organizational stage right now,"
said Gene Dixon, owner of Dixon’s
Bicycles and ASC co-organizer. “I
think once we get back in a group
and the holidays are over, things
will go much smoother."
Things are already going
smoothly for Michael Brugger, a
University physician assistant and
organizer ol ASC’s first project — a
clean-up of the bike path along Col
lege Station Road Sunday at 10
a.m.
“Things like this clean-up are
important to show there is a public
interest and people who want bike
paths, and will give up their time
and effort to see paths main
tained,” Brugger said.
Ali Jones, junior botany major
and director of education for Stu
dents for Environmental Aware
ness, will sit in today on a meeting
of the Athens Transportation Com
mission and argue the need for and
the sensibility of bikeways.
Also at the meeting will be Brian
Martin, a member of the Athens-
Clarke County Planning Commis
sion who has been doing research
on the feasibility of bikeway con
struction.
“Right now, we don’t consider cy
cling a mode of transportation,"
Martin said at the Nov. 18 ASC
meeting. “It’s important for groups
like this to create interest in
making cycling a mode.”
Jones said the ozone levels in
Athens are approaching those of
Atlanta and bikeways would ben
efit both traffic congestion and air
quality in Athens.
“(The Planning Commission) is
looking at the problems without
looking at the big picture if it
doesn’t look at bike lanes," Jones
said.
She also will present to the com
mission the results of an informal
poll taken by SEA in November
which shows 1,156 out of 1,227
University students favoring the
construction of bikeways.
Other projects ASC has in the
works are a drive for cycling safety
education, a petition drive for bike
ways, an investigation into past
plans for bikeways in Athens and a
study of converting certain rail
lines to bikeways.
The last project, under the
charge of Athens architect Brian
Kent, could possibly be in cor\junc-
tion with the Georgia Rails Into
Trails Society, a group which has
done similar projects statewide.
“With money from grants, you
could build a demonstration trail,
make it really high-class," Kent
said at the ASC meeting. "When
the community sees this thing is
being used, it will be a lot easier to
get them interested."
Martin agreed. “It’s going to be
important to show we have some
thing that’s working now.”
Sue Roalman, ASC co-organizer,
said, “At this point we’re just
trying to keep it in the public eye.
We can hopefully keep some mo
mentum going (after the holi
days).”
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Mon. - Fri.
13
4-6 weeks, and elective credit is
available. For more information,
call M. Thompson at 542-2458 or
Richard Reitt at 542-1557.
Colloquium
• Today’s Lunch and Learn
Series on “Increasing Personal
Happiness" will be at 12:10 p.m.
in Room 144 of the Tate Center.
No preregistration is necessary.
Exhibits
• An exhibition of paintings by
local artist Nancy Kevnes will be
on display through Nov. 30 in the
Ecology Gallery, at the Institute
of Ecology .
• The Crealde Arts School
Student Sculpture Exhibition
will be on display in the Main
Gallery of the Visual Arts
Building through Nov. 30.
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Include specific meeting location,
speaker's title and topic, and a
contact person’s day and evening
phone number. Items are printed
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Because space is limited, long
announcements are shortened.
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